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Bible Verse of The Day – 12-12-12

(Genesis 12:1 NKJV)  Now the LORD had said to Abram: “Get out of your country, From your family And from your father’s house, To a land that I will show you… 12:4  So Abram departed as the LORD had spoken to him, and Lot went with him. And Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.

Go into a land that I will show you.

Can you imagine God speaking to you right where you are, at this moment in time, and telling you to leave and go away, but then not telling you where to go to?

How many of us would trust God enough to actually do what He tells us to do?

I believe that no matter where we think we’re at in our walk with God, if He told us to leave and go somewhere, but He didn’t tell us where we were to go, we would probably freak out and run the other way.

Faith can be a funny thing. So many times we think we’re walking in faith. We’re sailing through life and sincerely believing we are walking by faith, but then something unexpected comes our way and suddenly our “faith walk” stumbles and falls down!

Faith isn’t something that we can easily define or understand. It’s something that comes as we move forward with God and learn to trust Him. But it is something that we can ask God to help us grow.

Let’s ask God to help us grow our faith.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808

401-377-5400

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Bible Verse of The Day – 11-19-12

(Mat 9:29 NKJV)  Then He touched their eyes, saying, “According to your faith let it be to you.”

How much faith do we have today?

I find it interesting when He says, according to YOUR faith, let it be to you. It really is up to us as to how far we can go. As to how much God can do for us and with us, it is according to our faith.

Think about this; are we ready to see some big changes in our lives or do we just want little changes? If we believe God for little things, then little things we shall receive. But, if we believe Him for big things, then big things we shall receive.

There will be times when we walk in big faith and when change comes we will not be able to explain it to people that have questions. But that’s OK. Don’t let not being able to explain things, stop us from believing God for big things.

We serve a God that can handle big things…let us have faith today and watch the miracles take place in our lives and in the lives of those God connects us with.

According to your faith…let it be to YOU!!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808

401-377-5400

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Bible Verse of The Day – 11-8-12

(Isa 41:10 NKJV)  Fear not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’

God’s Word this today is speaking to each one of us that is walking in fear. If we have fear, then it’s impossible to have faith. If we let fear take over our hearts and minds, it will consume us. It is a huge distraction. It will cause us to not want to speak when we are prompted by God to speak. It will keep us from being a light to those around us.

Today let’s check ourselves ask God if we are afraid of anything. If we realize that we have been afraid of certain things, ask God to give us understanding and wisdom on how to overcome this fear that we may be having.

Let us pray together.

Dear God in Heaven,

I come to You this day and have realized that I have been walking in fear regarding…………..(tell Him what your fears are). I want to ask you today to help me overcome this fear. Right now. I  repent of being fearful at times and I command this fear to leave me, in Jesus’ name. I ask that You help me to walk in Your peace and by faith, knowing that You are going to take care of all my concerns as I put my trust in YOU!!

Lord thank You for Your peace that surpasses all understanding and may I walk each day by Faith and help others to know of Your faithfulness.

I ask this in Jesus’ name. Amen

We are in agreement with you today that you are going to walk by faith and not fear, and if the temptation of fear comes your way, rebuke it in Jesus’ name.

Know that God will uphold you!!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808

401-377-5400

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Bible Verse of The Day – 4-30-12

(Phil 4:13 NKJV)  I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

There is not a single person reading this who hasn’t faced at least one situation where they have felt inadequate, intimidated or overwhelmed. We all face this from time to time.

But God’s word tells us that we can do ALL THINGS thought Christ.

He is our strength. He is our source of strength. In Him, we can do all things, even when we feel inadequate, intimidated, overwhelmed or anything else that might make us turn away from something that we’re facing.

This is not just another pep talk or “feel good” message. Through Christ, we have what it takes to make it… to make a difference in our own lives and the lives of others, even when we face tough circumstances and situations.

Fear is not of God, but of the enemy of our souls. Don’t give in to fear. Rebuke fear in the name of Jesus and pull your strength from Him.

Today, as you face your fears and your trials, take a deep breath and draw your strength from Jesus, and put one foot in front of the other. Move forward and don’t look back.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808

401-377-5400

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Bible Verse of The Day – 4-11-12

(1 Pet 3:12 KJV)  For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.

God watches over us. We don’t have to worry. We just have to follow, listen and obey.

There is always going to be something that will try to pull on us, distract us and try to take our focus off the important things that we need to get done in a day. It will try to cause us to be so busy and so overwhelmed that we can’t even move, instead we are exhausted from our thoughts of trying to figure out how we are going to complete the things that we need to get done.

Before we start our day, ask God to give us His sound mind, and help us to focus and get done the things we need to get done in that day. His eyes are over us, His ears are open to us…Let Him guide us!!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808

401-377-5400

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Bible Verse of The Day – 3-30-12

(Mal 3:10-11 NIV) Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the LORD Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it. {11} I will prevent pests from devouring your crops, and the vines in your fields will not cast their fruit,” says the LORD Almighty.

When people come to us and say they are having financial trouble, we ask them “do you tithe? Do you give? Do you help anyone other then you?”

A lot of times they say “well, we can’t really afford to tithe.”  We say, “OK, that’s where your problem is.” We immediately get them on track with their tithes. That is the start of a new road for them!!

Bring our tithe into the storehouse. When God says “storehouse”, this is a place where God directs us to give. It’s important to Him as to where we give our tithe.

If we don’t go to church it doesn’t mean we are exempt from this. A lot of people don’t  go to church these days. It’s hard nowadays to find a good Biblically-grounded church with heartfelt worship and accurate teachings.

(Isa 29:13 NIV) The Lord says: “These people come near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Their worship of me is made up only of rules taught by men.

However, God will direct us to a place where it is safe for us to give our finances. Please don’t fall into the trap of not giving. We want to stay diligent about bringing our tithe into the storehouse and not take it lightly.

Why? The obedience toward God is what protects us. As we obey His Word, and do as He asks with our finances, we come under a covering and this covering breaks the chains that try to keep us in bondage.

If we are having trouble financially today, it could be because we are not faithfully giving into the storehouse or we are giving to the wrong storehouse.

Let God help us with this today!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808

401-377-5400

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Your Daily Bible Verse – 2-27-12

(Mark 5:25-29 NKJV)  Now a certain woman had a flow of blood for twelve years, {26} and had suffered many things from many physicians. She had spent all that she had and was no better, but rather grew worse. {27} When she heard about Jesus, she came behind Him in the crowd and touched His garment. {28} For she said, “If only I may touch His clothes, I shall be made well.” {29} Immediately the fountain of her blood was dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of the affliction.

This is a well-known story of a woman who sought healing from Jesus. She had been afflicted for 12 years and the doctors of her time could do nothing for her.

At some point, she realized that she needed what Jesus offered. Knowing that this was what she needed, she made every possible effort to get to Him. She didn’t give up when she saw a huge crowd around him. She was determined and persistent and she pressed in until she touched his robe.

Her faith was so strong that she was instantly healed by simply touching the robe he was wearing.

What about us? How strong is our faith? How much of an effort are we willing to make to press into Jesus?

Do we say we have faith, but then just move onto something else? Or do we press into Him and seek Him, longing to know Him and touch the hem of his robe?

Knowing Jesus is worth every bit of effort that it requires. Let’s give it our all!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808

401-377-5400

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Your Daily Bible Verse – 2-11-12

(Psa 18:3 NKJV)  I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; So shall I be saved from my enemies.

I love the fact that we can call on the Lord and He will save us from our enemies. We don’t have to try to fix everything ourselves, or get anyone else involved unless God directs us and opens a door.

Sometimes we can spend a lot of time and energy talking about what so-and-so is doing to us, when all we really need is to call upon the Lord and let it go. The talking and pondering on what our enemy has done or is trying to do can cause us to be worn out and tired. It can distract us from the things we should be doing.

God’s Words can be so simple but yet so full of Wisdom that we can miss the important things at times because we are looking for some deep teaching.

If you are in a difficult situation and everything seems to be coming against you today just as His Word says, open up and call upon the Lord…let Him save you from your enemy.

God is so faithful!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808

401-377-5400

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Your Daily Bible Verse – 1-9-12

(Mat 9:28-29 NKJV) And when He had come into the house, the blind men came to Him. And Jesus said to them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” They said to Him, “Yes, Lord.” {29} Then He touched their eyes, saying,”According to your faith let it be to you.”

All Jesus wants us to do is believe that He can and will heal us, deliver us, save us,  and give us the protection we need daily as we believe Him.

Is there something we have been struggling with for months, or even years? Maybe it’s something we knew we needed to do but never thought it could be done. Well today the answer is here; Jesus is speaking to us all in our individual lives and asking us the same question that He asked the blind man. Take time today and answer Him.

When Jesus asked the blind man, his answer was, “Yes Lord”. Then He healed the man’s eyes and said, “According to your faith, let it be to you”.

So it’s important to have faith. How do we get our faith to grow? By reading and believing the word of God, and applying it to our daily life situations, by praying for others and seeing their situations change and by simply allowing God to take us through the hard times and the good times. This will grow our faith.

Don’t struggle today… just simply say “Yes, Lord, I believe you can!”

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808

401-377-5400

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Your Daily Bible Verse – 1-6-12

(1 Cor 1:27 NKJV)  But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty;

God is mighty. God is awesome. God is bigger and more powerful than our human minds can ever completely understand.

What we fail to understand, though, is that God is not complicated in the way He chooses to do things in our lives. God works in our lives in very simple ways. It’s us, frail human beings, who choose to complicate things.

So many times we try to figure God out. We try to fit Him into a box. We try to squeeze Him into the mold that our mind creates in an effort to understand Him or make ourselves equal with Him.

In doing this, we push ourselves further away from Him instead of drawing closer to Him. Our intellect can never equal the wisdom of God. Our reasoning can never figure God out. Instead of trying to make ourselves equal to Him with our minds, maybe it’s time we humble ourselves before Him and accept the way He chooses to do things in our lives.

Simplicity and humility before God is not something to be ashamed of. It’s a necessity.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808

401-377-5400

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Your Daily Bible Verse – 1-5-12

(Gen 39:23 NKJV)  The keeper of the prison did not look into anything that was under Joseph’s authority, because the LORD was with him; and whatever he did, the LORD made it prosper.

Joseph was a prisoner in jail, but the keeper did not pay to much attention to what Joseph did because the things he put his hands to, prospered. Why? Because God was with him!

You say, God was with him even in prison? Oh yes! He goes with us, He stays with us, no matter where we go. You see we can be in a place that we dislike or a position that is not what we prefer and He can still bring good out of it. Why? Because God is with us even in an awful place, an awful situation, even in situations that we don’t even deserve.

As we trust in God and lean on Him, He will prosper those things we touch. It doesn’t matter where we are at as long as we remain in Him, close to Him, and obeying Him.
So be encouraged today! You may be in the worst place ever, just like Joseph. But God was with him and the things he touched prospered. You too will prosper.

Don’t give up, and be sure keep your attitude right. Keep working hard and don’t look at your neighbor to see what he or she is doing and getting away with; that’s not our concern. Our concern is to keep being positive and looking to God for the victory! It will come…

Keep our eyes on Christ, no matter what it looks like around us!!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808

401-377-5400

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